#79A5DD#79A5DD

#79A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5DD
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -0.05, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 32.97, 269.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0249 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.095 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3871, 36.1935, 73.5666)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5DD #DDB179

analogous

#79D7DD #79A5DD #7F79DD

triadic

#79A5DD #DD79A5 #A5DD79

tetradic

#79A5DD #DD79D7 #DDB179 #79DD7F

square

#79A5DD #DD79D7 #DDB179 #79DD7F

split-complementary

#79A5DD #DD7F79 #D7DD79

monochromatic

#2C66AF #4884D1 #79A5DD #AAC6E9 #DBE7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#79A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#79A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5DD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5DD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bfe7',
    500: '#79a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5dd;
$custom-light: #a4bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5DD

secondary

#E9DBC9

accent

#7D1EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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